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by ohio jones
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:05 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: War in Gaza
Replies: 313
Views: 63793

Re: War in Gaza

Shouldn't Christians be angry and distressed when people are treated this way? Yes. But the problem is that it's popular for people to demand that you are angry and distressed, and express that on social media, about whatever is currently dominating the news. Sometimes that may be the leading of th...
by ohio jones
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:55 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Questions about Communion / Lord's Supper
Replies: 73
Views: 1776

Re: Questions about Communion / Lord's Supper

It's seeming like Mass is a weekly duty but communion is an annual duty. Is that about the size of it? I don't think MaxPC said at all that communion is a weekly duty did he? I don't know how else to parse this: The obligation to attend Sunday Mass and take Holy Communion weekly became Church law i...
by ohio jones
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:22 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
Replies: 66
Views: 981

Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

Ken, your snarkometer is in need of recalibration.
by ohio jones
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:33 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
Replies: 66
Views: 981

Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

I’ll guess that they throw up a temporary bridge within 8 months. And then a new permanent one will take longer than…I’ll guess 4 years. I'm not an engineer and therefore not an expert on any of this. But I'm not imagining how they could put up a temporary bridge for a span this wide. Temporary bri...
by ohio jones
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: (Part 2) Spring 2024: Tell us about your church!
Replies: 3
Views: 136

Re: (Part 2) Spring 2024: Tell us about your church!

I didn't check the movable chairs, although we do have more than one (on the platform, and to fill in the wheelchair spaces when not in use for that purpose).
by ohio jones
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Questions about Communion / Lord's Supper
Replies: 73
Views: 1776

Re: Questions about Communion / Lord's Supper

OJ, here is the teaching from the Catechism of the Catholic Church which is an official teaching document of the Magisterium. I excised the relevant bits but I would also caution that this excerpt is also a part of a larger section and should be read in the context of the whole which is far too lon...
by ohio jones
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:11 am
Forum: Other
Topic: recommendations for cars/suv
Replies: 40
Views: 550

Re: recommendations for cars/suv

When it comes to something decent for a low price, I think something like a Chevy Cruze works well. My son is an auto body tech and collects random parts and parts cars for a certain model year range, and has restored a number of wrecked Cruzes often with mostly parts he has on hand. Parts are reas...
by ohio jones
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:41 am
Forum: Written Word
Topic: Books on Anabaptist History and Theology
Replies: 23
Views: 723

Re: Books on Anabaptist History and Theology

"Polyorigin" is not a familiar term to me, and google eyes couldn't help me out. Could you put that into different words for me? The theory that Anabaptism had many origins, and is in fact ancient, tracing perhaps to the apostles. Books like Brodbent's "The Pilgrim Church" and K...
by ohio jones
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:20 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Questions about Communion / Lord's Supper
Replies: 73
Views: 1776

Re: Questions about Communion / Lord's Supper

MaxPC, weekly communion wasn’t instituted until fairly recently, mostly due to pressure from Protestants doing it. I believe Pope Leo made the change in the early 1900s. The obligation to attend Sunday Mass and take Holy Communion weekly became Church law in the 4th century. This blog seems to say ...
by ohio jones
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:34 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Will the issues you care about be priorities for a Trump-family run RNC?
Replies: 103
Views: 1926

Re: Will the issues you care about be priorities for a Trump-family run RNC?

Josh wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:14 pm A conservative Mennonite forum might be the wrong place to find people to rebuke for political party allegiance.
But if they are found in such a place, they probably should be rebuked.